UVic hosts Erg, Canadian indoor rowing championship

Emmanuelle Caws from Victoria City Rowing club checks her progress during the Monster Erg Junior B Womens competition at UVic in 2011. For those who like pain

Indoor rowing isn’t an oxymoron, it’s a part of life.

Up to 500 competitors are expected to jam McKinnon Gym on Sunday Sunday (Feb. 5) as the University of Victoria hosts the B.C. segment of the 27th annual Monster Erg indoor rowing competition.

The event starts at 9:30 a.m. in UVic’s McKinnon Gymnasium and runs simultaneously in five locations across the country, part of the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championship. UVic’s Monster Erg is the Western-most site of the championship, with concurrent events in Regina, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.